{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"PIWORLD Investor Podcasts","title":"Interview with Erik Townsend – Digital currency & the future of money","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2583,"description":"Digital currency adoption by Government, Central Banks and much more\nTamzin Freeman is joined by Erik Townsend, the originator of  macrovoices.com, and the author of Beyond Blockchain – the death of the dollar and the rise of digital currencies.  Erik discusses how initially he ignored digital currency, and latterly realised its scope could change the world.  He’s not a bitcoin or ICO fan but sees the scope of what they offer with distributed ledger technology, which could be revolutionary for the financial system.\nA fascinating 45 minutes.\nErik’s background and how it led to the book – 01:29\nCryptocurrency falsely judged, instead what benefits it could offer to Government? – 02:34\nWhat needs to happen technically to make digital currency a reality? – 05:23\nHow quickly will it happen? – 09:00\nDoesn’t the technology have to be in place before the Government can adopt it? – 10:52\nAdoption of digital currency by central banks: the pros and cons – 13:41\nWhat catalyst will lead to adoption of a digital currency by Governments? – 16:06\nWho are the pioneers in the digital currency space? – 17:20\nWhat’s Russia & China’s position? – 20:09\nHow could a digital currency get the trust that the Dollar has? – 23:23\nIs a digital sovereign bond market possible? – 29:25\nWhere do international boundaries and foreign exchange fit in? – 33:56\nHow would Erik go about implementing a digital currency?  – 37:48\nLink to Erik’s book Beyond Blockchain: https://www.macrovoices.com/bb\nLink to Macrovoices: https://www.macrovoices.com\nAbout Erik Townsend\nErik Townsend is a retired software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager. Throughout his career, Erik has capitalized on his ability to understand complex systems and anticipate paradigm shifts far in advance of the mainstream. A teenage computer protégé, he spent most of his high school years at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence laboratory, where he taught himself several computer programming languages. Erik became an independent software...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/oB5fNE4aIAia_YyTCKvE1PzrZQaD1Fjo_P7m7T9Aw_Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kOTJi/ODBiMzBmOGFhZWJi/MWEzYThkMzAyNmZm/MTdjZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}